Hitler: Germany's Fatal Attraction

In this episode we will look at how Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Herman Goring, Josef Goebbels and Rudolf Hess made their individual journeys through pre-war Germany, the first world war to Hitler's first speeches in the Beer Halls, his arrest and eventual imprisonment for treason, and the writing of his infamous book Mein Kampf in 1924.

The implementation required a group of men tasked with clear roles. Hitler, was able to instil absolute devotion from his men; an expert in propaganda and manipulation. Josef Goebbels; Himmler; a man with the skill for terror and expediting the final solution; Goring; A military man who was part old world and part new world, with a taste for the good life and opportunities.

The disintegration of Hitler's vision of terror, the various individuals going towards their inevitable demise; the death of Hitler; the death of Goebbels and Himmler; The number of deaths. The horrors of war. The camps; the refugees in numbers. German reflection on the death camps; European and US refection on not acting quicker